- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 23rd, 2015
Disregard for Proper Security Is the Main Cause of Card Data Breaches
Merchants and PoS vendors need a better security posture
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 17th, 2015
NewPoSThings Mutation Infects 75 Point-of-Sale Systems
Punkey captures keystrokes, sends encrypted traffic to C&C
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 2nd, 2015
PoS Malware NewPoSThings Gets New Version
Latest version includes some anti-debugging methods
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 23rd, 2015
New Point-of-Sale Malware PoSeidon Exfiltrates Card Data to Russian Domains
Discover, MasterCard, Visa and Amex cards are targeted
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 2nd, 2014
New PoS Malware Mixes Code from Dexter and Chewbacca
Crooks quickly create malware to profit from holiday season
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 27th, 2014
New DareDevil PoS Malware Also Infects Ticket Machines and Electronic Kiosks
Public transport ticket solutions in public areas targeted
- Editorials
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 16th, 2014
New Backoff POS Variant or a Fresh Malware Family May Emerge This Holiday Season
Cybercriminals could run new targeted attacks on retailers or rely on botnets to identify vulnerable payment systems
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 8th, 2014
Backoff POS Threat Continues to Grow
Retailers need to be extra careful in the shopping season
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 4th, 2014
New Backoff POS Malware Variant Is More Difficult to Detect and Analyze
Authors drop command strings, C&C traffic is encrypted
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 24th, 2014
Backoff POS Malware Infections Spike in Q3 2014
Visibility of network POS traffic leads to quicker detection
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 16th, 2014
FrameworkPOS Uses DNS Requests to Exfiltrate Data, Fails to Obfuscate Strings
New version of the malware delivered with faulty obfuscation
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 13th, 2014
Month-Long Breach Targeted Card Data of Kmart Customers
Company is quick at announcing customers of the threat
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 29th, 2014
Backoff PoS Malware Impacts a Diverse Crowd of Businesses
Most victims are located in the US, but businesses in UK and Canada are also affected
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 29th, 2014
New BlackPoS Strain Disguises as Antivirus Service
Includes modified function for iterating running processes
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 23rd, 2014
Backoff PoS Malware Impacts More than 1,000 Businesses
Retailers are advised to evaluate their systems for signs of intrusion
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 23rd, 2014
Credit Card Details of 900 Stolen from Otto Pizza in Portland
Only two locations were affected by the incident, home delivery customers unaffected
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 21st, 2014
Thousands Affected by "Backoff" PoS Malware in Mizado Cocina Payment System
First signs of infection were fraudulent card activity reports from clients